it is entirely our responsibility for not accelerating vaccine production in time to help them
India is the world’s biggest vaccine producer, and the cornerstone of the Gavi plan to supply Covid vaccines to poor countries. And when this second wave became evident, I believe they quickly started redirecting their national Covid vaccine production for domestic use. I am not sure what the exact cause of the Indian second wave is, but I don’t think you can blame it on America, unless you think it was America’s responsibility to foresee and preempt all problems worldwide in beating the pandemic.
I think what Zvi is saying is that we could have helped but won’t be able to do much because we made poor choices. Those poor choices are our responsibility.
“I don’t think you can blame it on America, unless you think it was America’s responsibility to foresee and preempt all problems worldwide in beating the pandemic.”
A world where we accepted and followed through with these kinds of responsibilities would, overall, be a better one.
On India
India is the world’s biggest vaccine producer, and the cornerstone of the Gavi plan to supply Covid vaccines to poor countries. And when this second wave became evident, I believe they quickly started redirecting their national Covid vaccine production for domestic use. I am not sure what the exact cause of the Indian second wave is, but I don’t think you can blame it on America, unless you think it was America’s responsibility to foresee and preempt all problems worldwide in beating the pandemic.
I think what Zvi is saying is that we could have helped but won’t be able to do much because we made poor choices. Those poor choices are our responsibility.
“I don’t think you can blame it on America, unless you think it was America’s responsibility to foresee and preempt all problems worldwide in beating the pandemic.”
A world where we accepted and followed through with these kinds of responsibilities would, overall, be a better one.